Tractor



C. W.l MYERS.

TRACTOR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28,1920.

1,378,892. Patented May 24,1921.

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TRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2B, 1920.

Patented May 24,1921.

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A TTOH/VEY CHARLES W. MYERS, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACTOR.

Specification o f Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed June 28, 1920. Serial No. 392,358.

To all ywho/m, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES WV. MYERS, citizen ot' the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Venango and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tractors, of which the followingl is a speeication.

The objects, construction and operation of my improved tractor are herein set forth with sufficient' clearness to enable those skilled in the arts to which its construction and use respectively relate, to make'and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to increase the efficiency andlield of utility of a farm tractor, in the way of providing it with a supplementary pulling power which is approximately double Athe normal draw bar pulling power of the tractor and which may be temporarily employed when the tractor and its load for any reason become stalled, and the draw-bar power is icient to do the required work. Another object is to provide a tractor with a convenient and ellicient pulling or hoisting equipment, suitable for use wherever hoist ing or hauling by means ot' a cable or any other flexible line, is to be done.

The construction of my improved tractor will be fully understood from the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying`l drawings, in which I have shown my improvenmnt applied to a wellknown make of tractor.

The various figures of the drawings al'el as follows:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation oi' the form oi" frame or mounting structure whereby my improvement is applied to the tractor shown.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation ol' same.

Fig. 3 is a section at lineA lll--llll ol' Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 1s an enlarged rear elevation ol my improvement.

Fig. 5 is a plan vievy oi my improvement showing ayportion of the transmissioiihousing and the/axle housing of the tractor to which my improve-.nent applied.

Fig. (3 is a side elevation oi'v my .unprovement, ltogether with saidl transmission and axle housings, oi the tractor to which it is applied.

is here shown as The construction here illustrated is substantiall as follows:

The rame-work shown,-espeeially in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, comprises the following elements:

i Two brackets 1, 2, which are preferably structuralv steel angles, are provided. One leg each of said angles is adapted to be removably attached to the rearward portion of the transmission housing of the tractor by means of a portion of the bolts 3, which serve to attach the axle housingsv 4, 4, to Said transmission housing Said brackets 1 and 2 are vertically disposed. Two trans versely or horizontally disposed steel angles (l and 7, are attached to said brackets 1 and 2,-one adjacent to the lower end and the other adjacent to the upper end thereof. To said angles and 7 two bearing supports or frames Stand 9 are attached, each of which is provided with two shaft-bearings 10, 1() and 11, 11. The bearings 10, 10 carry a rcvoluble pinion shalt 12, upon one end of which is mounted a suitable receiving member, as a pulley or sprocket 13 to which power is transmitted from the belt-pulley shalt 14 of the tractor. A belt or chain, as

selection may determine,-iinlicated by the dotted line 15 in Fig. (3,-is employed to transmit power from said pulley shaft 14 to said pinion shaft l2 and the thereto rigidly/seclned pinion 17. Any suitable means such as a clutch 1G may be used to render said transmission active or inactive at the will of the operator; said pinion 1.7 is keyed to the opposite end ol' said shalt 12.

A drum-shalt 18 is revolnbly mounted in the bearings l1, ll, and to one end ol' this shalt is operably secured a gear li), in mesh with pinion 17. A winding or -.abledrum '1S' is rigidly secured to said shalt 1H whereby said drum is revolved. One end ol" said drum is equipped with a lriction brake comprising a friction drum 20 and a friction band 21 passing around said drum 20, one end of which band is attached to the adjustable eye 22, carried by the angle 7. The other end of said band iS attached to an actuating pin 23 of a crank 24 that is sef accessibility' and manipulation is placed in proximity to the operators position, as will presently be pointed out more fully.

The tractor here shown is provided regularly with a clutchpedal 28 that is operable to engage and disengage the clutch of the transmission gearing. Inasmuch as the operator, when operating .my improvement, does not occupy the seat 29 (occupied when the tractor is drawing a load at the dravv bar) it is necessary to supply an actuating device which will be in convenient proximity to the operators position when operating my improvement. For this purpose I provide an extension clutch actuating device comprising the shaft 30, to the forward end of which is attached a crank 31, provided with a crank-pin 32 from which a reach-rod 32 extends to said clutch-pedal 28 and is operably connected thereto. The rearward end ot said shaft 30 is formed into an actuating lever 3B which is conveniently located in relation to the operators position. It will thus be noted that all of the levers which control the various functions of my attachment are .located at or adjacent to, the rearward right-hand end of the machine, this being the operators position, .from which all the necessary actuation and control may be accomplished with ease and despatch.

'Ihe draw-bar of the tractor is indicated in Fig. 6 by the reference ordinal 35 and the drum line by the olinal 3G, and by an linspection of this figure, it will be noted that they occupy very nearly the same horizontal plane, thus providing a ready substitution the one for the other.

The pulley shaft 14 is geared direct to the motor by means of a pair of ntermeshing miter gears.

The automotive power transmission for the rear or propelling wheels, is positioned between said shaft 14 and the axle shafts 37 and 38 of said wheels, hence this gearing which includes the change-speed gears and a reverse gear does not enter into, or form a part o't the gearing which transmits ower from the motor to the winding c rum; neither does the differential gear, which is carried by said axle shafts 37 and 38. The matter of thus relieving the automotive transmission of the tractor from the severe strains which would otherwise be put upon it, is one of the valuable features of my `invention.

The operation ot my equipm'ent will -now be described, and as a requisite to a full understanding ot' its operation and its practical utility, the Jfact should be kept i n mind that the power delivered at the draw-bar of a tractor of any make is, in nearly all cases, fifty per cent. oi that dellvered at the pulley, hence twice as much power may be derived from the pulley as may be derived from or exerted by the draw-bar.

chored. The cable which is carried b drum 18 is then attached to the loa In addition to this characteristic of all tractors of the class specified, it will readilyV be noted that, on account of the relative di-v.

ameters of sprockets 14 and 13, and of the pinion 17 and gear 19, throuvh which pulley` or delivery of power from the pulley shaft, and from the draw-bar of a tractor, I have, both for convenience of reference thereto in the specication and for certainty of dis# tinction and differentiation in the a'ipended claims referred to the former as pulley power" and to the latter as drawbar power, since a proper consideration of my invention, as well as the object, utility and eiiicicncy thereof, depend upon a proper regard for the variation oi' power as delivered from these to elements whereby the power of the tractor motor is madeavailable.

In the `operation ot' atractor, as when it is drawing a load at the draw-bar, it oftenA occurs that the load, for various reasons, may temporarily exceed the pulling power ot' the tractor; as for instance, the tractor and its load may become mired or stuck in the mud; a brushy piece ot' land may have to be plowed in which the roots of the turf are so tough and tenacious that the power' required to turn the soll exceeds the normally available draw-bar power. In such a V In respect to this point of the derivation case the draw-bar 35` of the tractor is disconnected from its load and the tractor is run on ahead to a suitable distance (several hundred feet if desired) and suitably anthe 4 and it is drawn up to the tractor'. In case one operation of this kind does not extricate the load from its diiicult position or conditions, it ma be repeated as often as required. It will lie readily seen that this provision greatly increases the range of utllity and thc ciiiciency of the tractor andl is a great saving means as to wear and tear upon the machine as compared to what would result from an endeavor to maneuver the tractor in the regular way through work, conditions 4and strains beyond its normal capacity.

By taking several turns of the rope o1' cable around the drum` it may be used as a winch, thus avoiding the matter of the drum becoming larger as the cable is wound' thereon and the consequent decrease of available power due thereto.

Many other uses of my improvement could "be enumerated: only one other use will, howconvenient, economical and efficient. When this work isl to be done, the tractor is located in proximity to the well: the cable yis then run through a sheave or pulley at the bottom of the derrick, then over a pulley in the top of the derrick, then down to the well, and, by a suitable hitch or connection into the rods or tubing (as by means of the usual elevators) said tubing and rods may be readily pulled from the well. In performing this work the operator talles a position at the rear right-hand side of the machine and by means of the clutch-lever 33, engages the transmission clutch-(clutch 16 being engagefU-and this actiiates or revolves the winding drum to wind the cable 36 thereon and hoist the load to which it is attached. lVlien it is-desired to stop the hoisting operation,-as for example to unscrew the joints of the rods or tubing-lever 33 is actuated s0 as to disengage the transmission clutch and upon this disengagement, the brake lever 27 is actuated to set the drum brake and hold the load as desired; also by disengaging clutch 1G the load'may be lowered by means of the drum brake.

The drum equipment here shown has been found to be an efficient, economical and convenient appliance for operating a baler in baling oiland gas wells.

In the drawings, only a sufficient portion of a well-known tractor is shown to illustrate the application of my improvement thereto, but I do not wish to be understood as confining the application of my improvement to any particular type of tractor, although the construction of" some of' them is such that my improvement is much more'readily ladapted to them than to others. i

The construction of many tractors is such that my improvement may be readily applied thereto, and the arrangement of the automotive organization of these tractors is admirably adapted to receive and cooperate with said improvement. By the term automotive organization is meant, the motor, the propelling wheels, and such transmissive elements or combinations of elements as may be employed to transmit driving power from said motor to'said wheels. ln addition to this automotive organization, nearly all farm tractors include a belt-pulley shaft, from which the ,power for driving my drum is derived. ln some tractors this belt-pulley shaft is the crank-shaft of the engine and as an illustration of such cmistruction reference is made to the illustrationson pages 36 and 37 of the 1918 edition of a publication entitled (/aso ilrmz/acfry/ niblished by J. I. (lase 'Ibrcshing Machine lo of Racine, Wis.

In other tractors the belt pulley shaft is a separate shaft that is positioned adjacent to the engine and between the same and the transmission which comprises the change speed and the reverse gears. An example of this construction is clearly illustrated u on pages 48 and 50 of the 8th edition of) a publication entitled Fordson Tractor Illa/maat published by the Ford Motor Company, of Highland Park, Michigan.v

In either construction above designated the transmission gearing is not employed in driving the drum 18.

I claim the following:

1. In a tractor of the farm type having an automotive organization which includes a motor, propelling wheels, transmission gearing, also a differential gear, transmitting power from said motor to said Wheels, a winding drum carried by the housing of the differential gear of said gearing, and gearing other than said transmission gearing, ar-

erative or inoperative at will, and a brake for said drum arranged to control the reverse action thereof.

3. In a tractor of the farm type having an automotive organization which includes a motor, propelling wheels, transmission gearing which includes a differential gear transmitting power from vsaid motor to said wheels, also a belt-pulley shaft driven by said motor; an organization coperating with the foregoing comprising, in combination, a drum shaft revolubly carried by the housing of said differential gear, a winding drum operably carried by said drum-shaft,` speed-reducing, driving gearing transmitting power from said belt-pulley shaft to lsaid drum-shaft, .and means rendering said driviia,r gearing operative or inoperative at willv 4. In a tractor of the farm type having an automotive organization which includes a motor, propelling wheels, transmission. gearing transmitting,power from said motor to said wheels, a carrying structure for said organization, also a, belt-pulley shaft driven by said motor; an organization cooperating with the foregoing and comprising in combination, a drum-shaft revolubly carried by said carrying structure and positioned rearwardly of said wheels, a winding-drum fixedto said drum-shaft, a brake-member carried by said drum, a gear keyed to said shaft, a pinion shaft revolubly carried by said structure, a. pinion keyed t0 Said pinion shaft in mesh with said gear, a transmission member revolubly carried by said pinion shaft,`clutch -meohunism adapted to operably engage said A transmission member With Said pinion-shaft,

.atransmission member carried by said be1tpulley shaft, means operabiy connecting said transmission members, and means coperating with said brake member so as to control the reverse motion of said drum upon the CHARLES W.'MYERS.- .Witnesses M. R. HENDERSON, KATHARINE Y. READ. 

